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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-23
MORE PRAIRIE FIRES.
Terrible Accounts of Wholesale Destruc
ton in Nebraska-At Least Il Dozen Lives

Terrible Accounts of Wholesale Destruc-
ton in Nebraska-At Least u Dozen Lives
Lost.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 13--Along the
branch line Of the Burlington d Missouri
railroad large number of settlers have
lost their all by the prairie fires. Railroad
men say that for mics every foot of
ground is burned over. In Sheridan and
other counties the fires have ragged almost
as fercely, and in one settlement four
lives were lost.
A report reached the telegraph station
through a man who Travelled thirty miles
and he said that in the fire tract not one
house in three remained unscathci.
Across the line in Nebraska, the Beaver
bottom has been on fire for two days. A
large force of railroad graders on a line
being built in southern Furnas County,
was surrounded in camp by the fire, and
escape was made only through the great
est efforts, the men leaving their tents,
clothes and every thing behind at the mer-
cy of the flames. One man was so seri-
ously burned that he can not recover.
A private telegram to this city from an
official Of the road in that vicinity esti-
mates that at least a dozen lives have
been lost in the two days fire.
Railroad officials here are very reticent
as to the damage incurred. but among the
homesteaders and settlers in Northwest
ern Kansas it must be very great.
A part of the town of Norcatier, that
was burned in high wind, was reported
to have been burned by the iEroads of a
prairie fire, but later adyices say the fire
originated in the village.
Costly Collision on Cincinnati a. Muslzing
mn Valley Railroad.
LANCASTER, Pa, April 13-The freight
train coming west, Enoch Hillard con-
ductor, and the construction train, W. A.
Mcdonald, conductor, going east on the
Cincinnati & Muslingum Valley railroad,
collideS last evening seven miles east of
here, demolishing both engines and MUIR
ing the following men on the construction
train:
fractures of the left leg.
Alfred Conrad, beth ankles broken.
VIM Bartlcs, horribly cut and bruised,
and probably fatally injured.
Eph Conrad, dislocation of the shoulder
and serious fracture of both arms, besides
internal injuries.
There were five others slightly injured
The conductor of the construction train,
instead of running on his schedule time,
eight miles an hour was going thlrty-hve
miles an hour. This was the second trip
for the freight engine. The loss to the
road is about twenty thousand dollars.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.

Four HUNDRED people will take part in
grand production of ''Lohengrinn at the
Eden Musee, Paris, next month.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-23

The movement for extending the term
of President of Mexico, has taken a new
phase, and Congress, instead of acting on
the project for making flexible term,
will probably adopt a resolution repeal
ing the amendment to the Constitution
forbidding the immediate reelection Of
the chief magistrate.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-23

THE Commissioner of the Land Office has
cancelled twenty-eight pre- -emption en-
tries and held for cancellation twenty
nine others in the Oberlin (Kas.) land dis
trict upon evidence taken at hearing
before the the register and receiver It IS
charged that the alleged entrymen and
their witnesses were MYTHS
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-23

SECRETARY LAMAR is hard at work upon
the Grafton which he is to deliver at the
unvaiiing of the statue Of Calhoun in
Charleston, S. c., on the Goth inst. 1t will
be brilliant effort. His friends say it is
likely to be the ablest and most philo-
sophie discourse on American politics
which has been delivered in this country
since the war.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE greatest fire that Dover, N. H., has
ever experienced occurred on the 18th in
the Cocheco Print Works. 1t will involve
loss of nearly $200, 600, and will throw Cox
operatives out of employment for probably
four to six months
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23
A Capitalists Case.

Eli Mitchell is the wealthiest
man in Corinth. Miss. He has
been retired from active business
for years. His word has the
greatest influence in his commu-
nifty. He has long been staunch
advocate of S. S. S., and here is
the cause of his great faith and
his friendship for the medicine:
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga:
Gentlemen:-I had had rheuma-
tism for twenty years in my arms
and shoulders, aud some time ago
| underwent a course of S. 5. S,
taking dozen or so bottles. 1t
entirely cured me, and very
cheerfully give this testimonial of
its virtues i'll my case.
F.. S. MITCHELL,
Corinth, Miss, Feb. II, 1887.
Treatise on Blood and Skin
Diseases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23
The Certain Cure of
Poison Oak.

Gentlemen:-Three years ago I
was poisoned with oak vine. The
poison broke out on my body and
face. One large bottle of S. S. S.
entirely cured me. My case was
a pefect test of the power of S. S.
S. as a blood purifier.
A friend of mine had been
cured Of a similar poison by S. S.
S., and it was through his recon-
that l took it. So
here are two certain cures of poi
son oak by Swift's Specific.
Yours truly,
ARTHUR w. WHITE,
Cor. Carroll and University SITS.
Nashville, Tenn, Feb. %, ~.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23

little purpose in my life. One of
these men, the evening Of the
election, was in town and asked
me to explain about the tax. |
replied you failed to listen before
the election, it was too late now,
the dog was dead" Another
told me he had examined the
proposition, after the election, and
it was not so bad after all. "
l write all this to show this
people, where they have done
wrong, SO in the future they may
improve, by their experience of
the past, and not listen to wild
cat" stories, but to understand all
questions before taking a stand,
and learn to keep STEP" to be
certain the position they take will
"hold water" and not come to
conclusions too hastily, denoun-
cling their neighbors as Liars,
thieves and robbers" when those
neighbors have been feeding them
with money honestly earned all
their lives. JOHN f. MILES.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23

Mr.. Robert Lee Oman and Miss
Malissa Greenwell, of Flat Creek
precinct, were married on Sunday
morning, at the residence of the
brides father, Mr.. Eliza Green
we'll, Rev. J. A. Peters officiating.
These happy young people have
both arrived at the ripe age of hf-
teen years, and having made so
good start, this early in life, we
wish them all happiness imagin-
able.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23
Pea Ridge.


Very dry. Gardens nearly
burnt up.
Mr.. Doc Tracy, of Anderson
county, is visiting here.
Mrs. Susan Sucker is visiting
her relatives, friends and neigh
bors here.
Quite a number of our young
men are working with the steam
wheat threshers.
Mr.. John Tracy and bride, Of
Beech Ridge. attended school and
visited Mr.. Milton Tracy last Sun
day.
Pea Ridge Sunday-school pic.
mic to-day. The officers and men,
bers Of the Salvation Army have
been invited, and have promised
to attend.
The Salvation Army uniform
appeared at the meeting here last
Sunday. Several of our young
people are expecting their uni
forms in few days.
Mr.. Thomas Tracy is running a
market wagon to lexington
Dan01le Tribune.
Tom says this is mistake;
that he hasn't been to Lexington,
amt going, and don't want to go.
Uncle Zeke's letter was a
scorcher. Our people like to hear
from Zeke, especially when he is
walloping his opponents. Don't
be too hard on them, Uncle, we
have the victors and the van
pushed. Don't let us have vic
Tins.
Our worthy school trustees
have succeeded in engaging the
services Of Mrs. r. Cromie to
teach our district school the next
session. With plentiful supply
of hickory sprouts growing near,
there is no reason why Pea Ridge
Academy should not be success,
if they are iudiciously used.
"Our Railroad Men is being
played at a Louisville theatre.
This shows the great interest the
people Of other counties take in
those progressive citizens who
gave such a slashing majority for
the railroad at our late election.
All their names deserve to be
inscribed in letters of gold and
preserved in the State archives.
A magic lantern and slight-of-
hand entertainment was adver-
tised to take place at the school
house here last Monday night.
Our people were in three divis-
ions: Ist, at the S. A. ed, pre-
pairing for picnic to-day. Sd,
never heard of it. The attend
ance was slim, but very orderly.
The moral is, advertise in the
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23

Mr.. William Nj. Holeman, son
Of the late w. B. Holeman, of
this city, is a candidate to repre-
sent the Thirty-seventh district,
composed of the Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Wards,
City Of Louisville, in the State
Senate.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23

We regret to learn of the death
Of the infant daughter of Mr.. H.
d. Harrod, formerly Of this coun-
ty, but now Of Caldwell, Kansas,
which occurred on Tuesday, the
10Th inst, in that place.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23


"Who is Uncle Sam, who wants
to educate our children"
Uncle Sam is a gentleman, who
has fish ponds hundreds and pas
lures thousands of miles long.
He is very rich and liberal. Not
bit quarrelsome, though he can
fight. He never had fight but it
was big one, and he never failed
to wallop his opponents. Those
who know him best, and espe-
cially those who tried to lick him,
have this opinion of him, she is a
great man and a good man, and
it's pity he should ever quarrel. "
The hardest fight Uncle Sam had
was a family row, and although he
came out as usual, all right, the
bill for damage, broken glass,
crockery and sticking plaster, was
SO heavy that Sam said he would
never again engage in family
fight.
Convinced that ignorance caused
the row, he decided to educate
instead Of beating the children,
but the most ignorant have refused
his kind offer of books, teachers
and sChool-houses.
This is how he stands at home.
How he stands abroad is neatly
expressed as follows:
"This army you know is awfully small,
There's but very few men in the ranks,
Bnt unless you're we'll fixed or spelling for
fight,
You had better not bother the Yanks."
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23
Louisville Tobacco Market.
FURNISHED BY GLOVER & DURRETT, PRO-
PRIETORs LOUISVILLE TOBACCO WARE
HOUSE.

Sales on our market for the week Just
closed amount to 1866 hhds.. with re-
ceipts for the same period of 300 hhds.
Sales on our market since January LIST
amount to 1888 hhds. The better grades
of Burley have gained strength again this
week; $23.5O was obtained for a hid,
which is the highest price of the season.
The following quotations fairly repre-
sent our market for Burley Tobacco:
Dark Trash. .. $3.50 to $3.50
COlOry Trash -. $50 to 900
Common Lugs, not colory. $50 to 800
Colony Lugs.. 900 to 1900
Common Leaf, not colory. 900 to 1900
Good Leaf. 1900 to 1900
Fine Leaf . . &. . 1900 to $3.50
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23

ROUNDABOUT. 1t beats d-bills
all to pieces.
DR.. S. F. Smith, of Frankfort,
who is announced as a candidate
for the Legislature, is we'll and
favorably known here. His pa
per, the Truthful Witness, is,
like the ROUNDABOUT, read by
every family in the Ridge. The
Doctor does not believe in using
whisky in elections, nor yet in
convict labor, which, being moral
ly wrong. can never be legally
right. All citizens who believe in
prohibiting convict labor cannot
do better than support the Doctor,
while they can easily Go a great
deal worse.
Little Ben Tracy earned six
dollars working on our new turn.
pike, which he promptly invested
in suit Of clothes, so the county
has six dollars worth of work that
is lasting benefit. Ben has a
new suit of which he is proud, and
the clothing merchant has six dol
lars to buy cloth with.
This small matter contains
great lesson. If convict labor had
been used in constructing the pike
the six dollars might have been
saved, the account standing as fol-
lows:
Ben T . -. o
Clothing house. o
Convict. -. o
Saving TO Kentucky q
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23

Carefully compounded. Patent Medicines
Pure Wines and Liquors for medicinal
purposes,
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09
A Realistic Adventure.

As the dusk was setting in on beau
tiful autumnal day about thirty-seven
years ago, a man and a boy were driv-
ing a COW along a country road in
Ohio. They had come a long distance
and were weary; but though the boy
limped, the conversation did not flag
as they trudged along.
They were evidently not farmers;
both had the appearance of living a
city life. but had they been observed,
the things they e saying, and not
their looks, would have attracted at.
tention; for they were talking of Ger.
vantes and s%pakspere.
The cow needed much urging, and il
was late at night when they reached
some white-limbed sycamores beside
the tail-race of a grist-mill on the Little
Miami River, on the other side Of
which was the small log-cabin in which
they lived. A question then arose as
to how they should get the cow across.
They did not know the depth of the
water, but they knew 1t to be cold, and
they did not care to swim it. The elder
wanted the boy to up under the
sycamores to the saw-mill, o the
head-race there, and come back to re-
ceive the COW on the other side of the
t~ail-race. But with all his literature,
the boy vas young enough to be
superstitious, and afraid Of the dark;
and though the elder urged him to 60,
he would not force him. They could
see the lights in the cabin twinkling
cheerfully, and they shouted to those
within, but no one heard them. They
called and called in vain, and were
answered only by the cold rush of the
tail-race, the rustic of sycamore leaves,
and the homesick lowing of the COW.
They then determined to drive her
across from the shore, and then to run
up to the saw-mlll and down the other
bank, so as to'catch her as she reach
ed il. When they came there, she was
not to be found, however; she had in
stantly turned. again, and during the
night she made her way back to the
town from which they had brought
her.
The log-cabin was a small one, with
a corn-field of eighty acres behind 1t,
and it was nearly a quarter of a cent
ury old. The boy who entered it after
this adventure was William Dean
Howells, and the man was his father,
who recently brought his family from
Dayton to take charge of the saw-mill
and grist-mili on the river. The in.
cident illustrates the simplicity OF the
early life OF one who has since become
the foremost American novelist
William H. Riaeing, IN 50. Nicholas.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09
i Rochester ninn. Institution.

Parents who are seeking a boarding
school for their girls would do well to con
slider the advantages offered by Lady
OF Lourdes academy, Rochester. MINI.
This institution. eligibly situated in . Of
the most beautiful cities of the State, Of
fsrs TO parents a special advantage Tor Sc
curing to their daughters q practical
Christian education at very low
terms. It's curriculum embraces
four courses OF study; viz, an English
course peculiarly suited to pupils prepar-
ing TO teach, an Academic course compris-
ing the higher English branches, q Com
mercial conlse consisting OF the common
school studies with book keeping and
commercial law, and a Music course
such as was pursued at the Bos-
ton Conservatory Of Music. Diplomas
arc conferred on pupils completing any OF
these courses. A we'll supplied physical
cabinet and good collections In ~mineralogy,
conchology, n~umismatics z~oolegy and
botany are always accessible TO the class
es. Efficient Instructions given In paint
ing and portraiture. also in plain and or
namental needle-work. wax. hair, worsted,
and leather.
For terms and other particulars apply
FOR catalogue to the Mother Superioress at
the academy, or to Rev, William Riordan,
Rochester. Mimi.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09

The school year opens this week and
teachers and pupils are getting ready for
another years hard work. Parents should
decide at once where they are going tosend
their children in order that they may have
the benefit OF the full school term. II they
want a boarding school for their girls, with
an established reputation, a thorough
course in all the branches, and a comfort
able, happy home where the moral
as well as the intellectual facul-
ties will be asaiduonsly cultivated and
cared for they cannot do better than to
select St. Joseph's academy, st. Paul, as
the school for their children. Already the
list of pupils includes names from all the
principal points in Minnesota and Dakota
and the Northwest generally, and the sis
tiers are assured OF a very large enrolment
this year. Write at once to the Mother
Superior Tor fun particulars which she win
gladly furnish.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09
The Wrong Word.

Yacht racing is a noble sport. AT
least eastern contemporaries are united
as they are on no other subject, assur-
ing us that it is. TO us westerners.
the nobleness of spending a lot of
money for the privilege Of sitting on a
monkey raj and Watching hired cap
tain handle a boat, appears less ike
the n~obleness of sport than the noble
ness Of bunting someth ng to do.
Sport is a misused word. The man
who rides his own horses well and loves
them is a sportsman, while he who
hires a trader to buy his horses. a
jockey to ride them and a gambler to
buy him pools is not. He is either
making 4 show. making money or
H;assf ag q ffeei 0 ( himself. T Fhe MAJ
who gets up on a cold October morn
lug, calls his dog and shoots a bag full
Of game before 10 o'clock is a sports
man. He who goes to see DR.. Carver
break q thousand glass balls and bets
on the number of minutes it takes to
w III - n0bs a n1tQAtAeb ii 0GCH up
his muscular system and plays ball for
the joy of exercise and OF contending
honorablg with his fellows, he has a
right TO call it sport. If he goes out
to sit ia the sun in order To see a num-
Der Of hired men pitch. catch and bat
he may call it amusement. but not
sport. If he likes the water aud sails
his own boat, whether it is Il catboat
with a bow like the head of a bull punt
and a mainsail with no more shape
than a dirty handkerchief OF a $50. 600
Yacht, he also has Il right to the gentle-
manIike name Of sportsman. But
when he simply hires men TO sal his
craft, he, too, mas be- amusing him-
self but he ii not to b. classified among
sportsmen.
We shall have to invent a new word
for the real thing. Sport has been SO
abused shat it viii never regain its re-
spectacle distinction unless the country
rises in indignation and passes a law
forbldding Its improper use. Gambling,
loahug, display of mone,, supping at.
midnight with variety actresses. trot-
ting at the heels Of h~ippodromers and
flash gentry; all this Is called sport.
Young men who bur pools on jobbed
horse races and ball gamesand shipper
over their sporting look ought to know
that unless they can do something and.
can love something in the way OF 4
M exercise. If it's only billiards, they
are ~Dretenders.
Let us call this sailing Of yachts BY
proxy amusement Let a man learn a
sport and practice it as every boy and
man ought before he Is allowed 90 ep-
Div i name to himsif TO which he has
no right -Kagsas city Times.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09
pon,t Laurh 4 Nerrous People.

Their uferings are very real, although you,with
your vigorous, physique and strong nerves, can
scarcely believe it. Rather suggest the use Of
Hostetter's stomach Bitters which, in removing
every trace OF dyspepsia, and reguIatingth the liver
and bowels, strikes at and e~xtirpates the most
prolific cause Of chronic nervous trouble. THAI
nerve-shattering disease, fever and Hague, isamong
the formidable ailments, to the removaIof which
this genial. remedy IS specially adapted. Nerv-
Gus prostFation, resulting from prolonged men-
tai or physical effort, is also q state Of the sys-
tenn where the intervention Of this tonic is very
desirable, more particularly as its use is to quiet
and relax the tension Of overwrought nerves.
The Bitters are invaluable In rheumatism, neu-
ralgia and kidney troubles. Employ no substi-
tute for ii.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09
Al gxceIIeut SebooI.

The advantage offered by the Holy
Angels academy, Minneapolis are a FIRST
class education for young ladies in all the
branches, including music. drawing, painting
and the languages, a comfortable and happy
home with every convenience and care
possible;careiu moralas well as intellectual
training and the certainty on the parents
part that their daughter is learning every
thing that viii fit her to be a good vile and
mother and an honored and useful Der
Of society. Write to the Mother Superior,
Holy Angels Academy, 643 n. Fourth St.
MINNEAPOLIS.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09
Years Tool Nore Than Rooks.

Among other valuable lessons impaired
by this teacher is the fact that for a very
long time DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery has been the prince oliver cor
r~ectives and blood purifiers, being the
household physician of the poor man, and
the able consulting physician to the rich
~natient, aud praised by anfes its magnif-
icent service and efficacy in al diseases Of
a chronic nature, as malarial poisoning,
ailments OF the respiratory and digestive
systems, liver disease am in all cases
whore the use of an Alternative remedy is
indicated.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09

The nervous system is the seat of ami.
NAL life and governs the functions of the
body. All the medicine in existence cam
not make a constitution or health OF by
mental and physical overwork or dissipa-
ton the nerves are weakened, we are sick;
because they are unable TO keep the func-
tions in operation. How much do you
gain by drugging. Reaction leaves the
nerves weaker. The MoxIE NERVE FooD
has proved a hundred thousand times
that it can restore such cases without
harm or reaction. Druggists nave it.
50cts. Bottle a nice Table Drink.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09

works itself through the mucous mem
brane. Once In the blood. the bacillus
grows. as a rule, by division, and null
tiplies to an enormous extent. Dis
case may also DC carried by s. virus,
which may in turn consist of bacilli or
Of organic putrefactive matter. The
common example of this is the virus
of cow-pox or of a snake. an actual poi
son.-American ~CatLtt0ator.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09

Cheap Comfort. What a comfortit Is to
know that, in case OF any of your children
being attacked at night with Group, you
have the remedy at hand in Aliens Lung
Balsaml Depend upon it, mothers it
cures Group perfectly pure and harmless.
25e., So, and S1.00 q bottle at all drug.
gists.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09

Everybody wants "Tansill's Punch SC
cigar now; they were always good but Of
late they have improved. / heartily APP
prove OF your way of doing business, you
are sure to hold and increase your trade.
A. AREND, Druggist, Chicago, ILL.,.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-09

II you would have d desirable head Of
hair, use Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair
Remover, the most wonderful discovery Of
modern times for the hair and scalp.